8 Reasons Why You Should Ditch Waxing For Sugaring Wax

Waxing has become one of the most popular (and requested) hair removal treatments. I salute all the lovely ladies who can endure the pain! But an alternative way is also available – in fact, for almost two thousand years, ever since ancient Egypt women used sugar to remove all their body hair.
Sugaring is also designed to uplift your hair out from the follicle and is also categorized the same with waxing. Now, you’re asking is there really a difference between waxing and sugaring? The answer is YES! And there’s quite a bunch of them.

Why You Should Choose Sugaring Wax Over Hot Wax

Sugar formula is superior 

A real sugaring paste is simply made of sugar, water and lemon juice and sometimes essential oils, salt and/or honey. It is even edible!

Most waxes are made of chemical ingredients, primarily of resins and preservatives. Although some waxes may contain natural ingredients like beeswax, honey, and essential oils, you will also find artificial fragrances, dyes, chemicals, and preservatives.

Definitely sweet, but not sticky

Sugaring paste is water soluble and you can easily wash it off with plain old water. It can also be applied and removed by just using hands.

A very different point from waxes that needs wax remover, baby oil or petroleum jelly to be taken off the skin. Most waxes need muslin strips or wooden spatulas to be removed.

Hot Wax? Sugaring Wax? Shaving? Which one is the best among the rest? 

Sugar paste is never hot 

Sugaring paste is applied at body temperature, sometimes lukewarm and will not burn your skin. However, sugaring gel can get overheated like wax.

Some waxes are heated to a high degree to be liquefied. The heat can cause swelling of the tissues making hair tough to remove. Using this amount of heat can potentially cause burning and scarring.

Sugar doesn’t adhere to live skin cells

Since live skin cells are moist and sugar paste is water soluble, the whole hair removal process is safe as it will not adhere to live skin cells. This means less pain and discomfort, as well as trauma for the skin. Sugaring is safe and gentle enough to go over the same area several times to remove hairs.

Wax has been known to be more painful and irritating due to wax adhering directly to live skin cells. And because of that, it cannot be applied to an area more than twice, leaving the leftovers hair with tweezers.

Sugaring paste is hypoallergenic & non-comedogenic. 

Sugar naturally helps control cross contamination and it is impossible for bacteria to breed in the tub of sugar. Cross-contamination in a waxing room is always a danger, especially since bacteria can breed inside a tub of wax.

Less strain, less pain. Wax is applied with the direction of hair growth but removed against the grain of hair growth. Contrary to the traditional sugaring technique where using the paste is removed in the same direction hair grows, putting less strain on the skin. Good for people who rank low in the pain management department.

Effective on small hair. 

The sugaring technique requires 1/8 inch of hair while waxing requires you to grow 1/3 of your hair out.
Sugaring is perfect for all parts. Some areas of the body are just more sensitive than others. The highest pain offenders are the upper lip, chest, bikini and genital areas. Sugar paste comes in super helpful when targeting hair in these zones.

Looking at the big picture, both hair removal techniques work effectively, but zoom in on the details is where lies the big difference between waxing and sugaring. The most important point is knowing when and how to use each technique. Choosing which one to use according to your skin type, preferences, and which area is to be waxed is also a big factor. Get you very own sugaring wax here.

Which do you prefer now? Share your thoughts and hair removal experience with me!